In Brazil, a big emerging agricultural power, landless farmers are presented by the media, which is controlled by agri-industry advocacy groups, as people detrimental to the wealth of the country. The farmers suffer all sorts of intimidations and denunciations even though their demands are legitimate: they request the enforcement of the agrarian reform and the land allotment laws to enable their families to escape poverty. For the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST), ending this (...) Next ...